"Explores the relationship between fashion and power in Renaissance Italy, focusing on visual art and culture and the nature of aristocratic masculinity and patriarchal authority"--
Body image in men--Italy--History--To 1500
Nobility--Clothing--Italy--History--To 1500
Fashion--Political aspects--Italy--History--To 1500
Introduction : brilliant bodies and fashionable men at court -- Riddled with gilt : lords in shining armor and shimmering brocades -- "Ornado d'oro e giemme" : brilliant male bodies adorned -- The contours of Renaissance fashion -- Fair princes : blanched beauty, nobility, and power -- Epilogue : black is the new gold.